The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-14
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Stay all the lame messenger comes
/ If you would know the trnth Of III,
thing George Herbert
The company in which You will i'm
prove the most will Be The least expen,
size to YOU Washington.
The tongue shows to a physician the
disease Of The body to a philosopher
The disease Of the mind to christian
the ditease Of the soul.
/ a quiet life often makes itself fell
1 in better ways than one that the world
sees and tpplauds; and some Of the
noblest are never known till they end,
leaFeing q void IN many hearts.
/ God knows thousand Tmight have
beensR whore we know one he can
look at them oil patiently, because
this is the blessedness-he knows a
thousand "may be's" also.--AfrS. H.
ID. r EEhihaey.
What the Scripture forbids, avoid
what It afiirms, believe what it com,
mands, do; what it reproves, amend,
As many as walk by this rule, peace
on them and on the Israel of God
Thomas adams.
| There are some who never seem to
feel any spiritual wants, and who, il
they have their food and shelter, prop,
rety and friends, would probably never
ask the qnestion--Is there God T.
Rev. Peter s. .Meaziss.
! Let not one say that he cannot gov,
ern his passions, nor hinder them from
breaking out and carrying them to
action for what he can do before a
tprinee or a great man he can do alone
or in the presence of God, If he will
Locke.
4 i have seen beneath the microscope
a seed three thousand years old start
into instant termination when touched
by drop Of warm water So a hu,
man soul long apparently lifeless be,
gins to grow when touched by the
water of lifo.-Gannoa WiIberJorce.
There is danger of Christian church
membership being emphed of its
meaning. When man processes faith
in Christ, when be seeks to Join the
communion of saints, does not that
mean that he considers it his bounden
duty 10 lead a life of purity If II
does not mean that, it means nothing.
If the church is not already a white
cross army, it ought to be,-Rev. G,
n. Philips.
Experience for the most part, is IN
dramatic. We often seem to be look
ing back on a series of beginnings; an
acquaintance full ofpromise ends with
out riPening into friendship, or friend
ship fades into cold acquaintance
without tragedy or pathos abandoned
Persuits leave our path numbered with
rubbish--everywbere we see the scat
folding side by side with the ruin
Julia Wedgaoooa,
The minister that is constantly on
; the lookout among current events for
the topics of sensational sermons on
the Sabbath, and uses his Bible mainly
4 for texts on which to hang these ser
S mons, is almost anything bnt :
/. preacher Of the gospel He had bet
r. ter read his Bible more aud study cur
3 rent events less. He will tbereb,
+ better edify the church, aud be the
! means Of saving more souIs,--Iade
!. pendent,
). Paris has a "dIme cluJ" rs it were
d that is more sensible establishment
+ than some far more expensive con
e Germs. By paying half frauc-ter
IL cents--onc Can wash his hands, have
p his boots BACKED, bis coat brushed
write letters, read all the LEADING
" continental and English newspapers
J. consult a reference library, and use
# telephone. A dime club would be
1t good thing for any city.-Ou
# Moathty.
If Beware lest in moment of veal
IA ness and folly, and sinful forgetfnlnes
err Of God, you sell your birthright an
ct barrier your happy innocence for tol
n meUt, and fear, and shame. Bewar
re of idle moments. Beware of the b.
er ginnings of evil. Above all, and moi
1t than all, beware lest you once adm
d. the fatal intrusion of evil thought
id In solemn and awful earnest woul
es say to you: Watch and pray lest y
he enter into temptation.-F. W. Fdyra
The real answer to mans need
~ Jesus Christ. Not that vague, powe
n less abstraction called "Christianity
e, which never saved anybody, and neyt
be will but Jesus Christ himself, wouuC
e, ed for our transgressions, and bruise
10 kfor our iniquities, exalted TO the rigl
or hand Of power, eonquering esrnal sc
s. fish hearts by the magnanimity {
d. suffering love know no other hoI
be for the world, nor other means to be-
ID its wounds or assuage its fierce miser,
r. The worlds salvation hangs on Him.
O. RsV. DR.. James CuEross.
d 1t matters not what we seem TO
y to ourselves or others, but only bol
y God looks upon us when we pray t
D. Him. This you may take as the te,
s, and proof of anything you say, do, o
III think and of the real importance o
, any event that happens to- you. Wba
y difference does it make when you com
TO appear before God in prayer? Viii
r i render you more acceptable or not
I Let any one notice each day, there ca
4 DO no better rule Or safeguard, wha
I will render him in bis hours of praye
most acceptable with Godl Their
I can be 20 better standard or measuF
4 Of the real galne Of all things tina
4 this.Isaac Williams.
i AS many Of yon as are looking 70
= day Of mercy 10 the Church Of Cos
e pray and believe upon this ground
q that The line of II Is neither IN til
g iFaa llar,ls 81 those that favor al
n seek # nor - the hands Of those Tia